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Onsmith
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Chicago cartoonist, instructor, and "reluctant banker."
Office doodle.
October 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
My grandfather, who passed away when my mom was a teenager, collected gag cartoons. This scrapbook is from the 1940s and in surprisingly good shape. My mom recently asked if I wanted it. Yes, mom, I do.

#cartooning #gagcartoon #vintagecomics
March 24, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Somewhat recent sketch.

#cartooning #sketchbook #sketch
March 4, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Ink wash drawing from 2022, entitled, "If we can prop him up, we can also bury him."

#inkwash #drawing #inkonpaper #cartooning #politicalart
February 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
2011 screenprint I made for a music + art collab project entitled "10x10" for Spudnik Press and Homeroom Chicago.

#screenprinting #printmaking #illustration #collaborativeart
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cooking up some new drawings.

#sketchbook #sketch #cartooning
January 25, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Reposted by Onsmith
Surrealists’ art was not just about dreams — it became a powerful political tool, exposing the oppression at the heart of modern political systems.
Surrealism’s Legacy of Antifascist Activism
A show at Munich’s Lenbachhaus museum is an urgent study in the meaningful art-political networks that stressed solidarity and unity over isolation.
hyperallergic.com
January 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Today's sketch. Cauldron dipping.

#sketchbook #sketch #cartooning
January 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
"Octogoon" drawing I did with Paul Nudd back in 2008 for the Level Eater RPG event.

#collaborativeart #cartooning #paulnudd
January 23, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Recent sketchbook entry.

#sketchbook #sketch #cartooning
January 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM